Local Productions

Our Town

The Our Town series is a video scrapbook of the people, places, and happenings of local communities, as seen through the eyes of thier residents. Community members collect video footage and still photos to showcase their stories, and then talk about each of their topics with a WQLN producer in a casual on-camera interview.

Featured towns include Meadville, Oil City, Corry, North East, and Edinboro.

Sounds Around Town

WQLN's community performance series, Sounds Around Town, is a free, open-air community summer concert series held at WQLN’s wooded pavilion. The program is hosted by WQLN Radio's Gary Finney, host of The Third Set, on WQLN Radio 91.3FM.

Reach Innovation

The Lake Erie Region has a story that must be told. A story of innovators, entrepreneurs, and business and community leaders who believe in the tremendous possibilities of the place that we call home. WQLN’s REACH INNOVATION Project aspires to tell that story, and to build upon a movement that has the potential to reshape our economic landscape.

Route 6 History Tours Video Project

Visit historic sites in Albion, Corry, Edinboro, and Waterford – just a few of the towns along Pennsylvania’s historic Route 6 corridor. Then, look for the Route 6 hiStory Tours walking tours premiering this summer, a project of Erie Yesterday and the PA Route 6 Alliance. Support for the Route 6 hiStory Tours video project is provided in part by the Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority.

Perspective

WQLN TV’s occasional series Perspective lends a local point of view to topics ranging from medieval European history to to Erie’s business environment, featuring local and nationally-recognized authorities on a variety of issues.

Erie Now

Erie Now, a WQLN TV Original Production, is an informative series of discussions featuring local journalists who interview local Erie Vital Signs experts about Erie County's well-being in eight topic areas. Erie Now aims to inform the public and inspire community action in key areas of greatest importance to the vitality of our region.

American Graduate Stories of Champions

WQLN supports PBS’s American Graduate initiative with Stories of Champions, a series of original televised shorts featuring local champions of children who are working hard to keep students on the path to graduation and college- or career-readiness. Local champions Jennifer Pontzer (Career Street), Mat Pundt (Central Career & Technical School), Rick Scaletta (General McLane School District), and Sonya Smith (Penn State Behrend Youth Education Department) tell how they’ve influenced students on the path to graduation.

What does aging mean?
How long can you expect to live in your home?
What technology can you add to your home to make it a smart home?
Can you afford retirement? Where can you find help?

Advances in technology are enabling families and elders to access resources that may have been previously unavailable to them. These technologies greatly help improve quality of life, accessibility, and give families peace of mind. The resources provided below can help you navigate the conversation about aging, direct you to key topics on aging in Pennsylvania, and help you connect with local expert care.

Life's Next Chapter

Our life stories are filled with many chapters. Weddings, hospital delivery rooms, scraped knees, celebrations, monthly bills, and balancing work and family are all mileposts that describe a life "well-lived". As time passes we can often find ourselves burdened or confused by topics of aging family members and loved ones. It can be difficult to have the conversation about finances, hygiene, safety, advanced-care planning, and end-of-life care.

If you're in your 50s, now is the time for you to think about what your life will be like in your 60s, 70s, and 80s. Life's Next Chapter will help you visualize those years, and give you the information you'll need to ensure that the next chapter of your life is the best.

WQLN presents Life's Next Chapter, a program designed to help you plan for your next chapter—the best years of your life.

Women & Cancer

Every woman has a story. A different stage of diagnosis. A different course of treatment. But there is something they all have in common, dealing with life with - or after - cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, getting the facts about cancer is an important step in taking care of your overall health. Women and Cancer introduces five remarkable Pennsylvania women who live with cancer, as it looks at the latest techniques in preventing, detecting, and treating some of the most common cancers affecting women: skin, ovarian, lung, and breast cancers. It also examines efforts to improve the quality of life for cancer patients after treatment. Hosted by Erie's own Cyndy Patton, the program offers new hope for cancer patients.

Math is Fun!

The Math Is Fun video series, from WQLN TV, is a quick, fun, and easy way to learn, teach, and reinforce fundamental math concepts. Find Math Is Fun lessons on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, measurement, and more – geared toward kids ages 3 to 8 – here and every day on WQLN-TV 54.1!

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Baby's First Year

Babies are amazing. When they enter this world, they are born with everything they need for a lifetime. The only thing missing is the owner’s manual! This film is your owner’s manual to your baby’s first year.

Shakespeare Uncovered - Behind the Bard

Perhaps no English-language works are more enduring than those of William Shakespeare, whose themes continue to be relevant in our daily lives. Enjoy WQLN TV's original “Behind the Bard” shorts, in support of the PBS series Shakespeare Uncovered II (February 2015 on WQLN-TV 54.1 and at pbs.org). WQLN, Gannon University’s Schuster Theatre, and the Erie Playhouse team up to share unique Shakespeare insights.